必于

Old Korean

Alternative forms

• 設以只 (*PIlwo-k) (partially logographic suffixed variant, used in a 13th-century gloss of Vol. 20 of the Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra)

Adverb

必于 (*pilwo)

1. even if, although
   • c. 965, 均如 (Gyunyeo), “請佛住世歌 (Cheongbuljuse-ga)”, in 均如傳 (Gyunyeo-jeon) [Works of Gyunyeo]:

     皆佛體　必于化緣盡動賜隱乃

     *MWOTON PWUthye / pilwo HWA.YEN TA MWURI-si-na

     Although all Buddhas have completed their journey of enlightenment

Descendants

• Middle Korean: 비록 (pilwok)
  • Korean: 비록 (birok)

References

• 박지용 外 (Park Ji-yong et al.) (2012) 향가 해독 자료집 [hyangga haedok jaryojip, A Sourcebook of Hyangga Interpretations], Seoul National University, page 291